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We can always use your help!

Whatever amount you send, we will use at least 95% of it for scholarships, unless you ask us to direct it to a specific program or to organizational expenses.

You can donate as much or as little as you like. The cost of sponsoring a CHES girl is $600 per year for, hopefully, her four year programme. However, there are many other areas in which donations can be well used, either alone or together with other donations.Where to send donations

Please do not send CHES books, clothes, or other items. It is very expensive to ship such things to Africa, and might not be what is needed. It is also our policy to help the local economy by buying books, clothing and so on from Kenyan and Tanzanian businesses.

Greeting Cards

Packets of six cards with CHES Director Louise Paulsen’s delightful paintings of native African animals and scenes of the Kakamega area of Kenya.

Packet of 5: $10.00

Books

The Call of Katesh

Chris Harker’s third book, THE CALL OF KATESH is now in print. All proceeds from its sale will be donated to CHES.

The book focuses on the town of Katesh, its diverse characters and most importantly, the role the highly successful CHES programme plays in the lives of the girls who are sponsored. The author also finds time to entertain the reader with descriptions of amusing episodes from his life as a safari guide and his adventures to seldom visited areas of Tanzania. This entertaining and informative book would make a superb Christmas gift for or from those committed to the ideals of CHES . Cost is $20 if you collect it from the CHES Office. If you’d like it mailed, please add $4 and ensure your postal address is on your cheque.

Emma and the African Wishing Bead

Valerie Redmond, the Quebec children’s author of Emma and the African Wishing Bead (see wishingbead.com) is donating half the proceeds of her book to CHES. The story of the greatest wish of most African girls – to go to school – is tied by a magical bead that joins two distant girls in their hopes and dreams.

Kazuri bead sales benefit abused women in ‘hidden’ villages near Nairobi. This colourful book is suitable for all ages, the bead for 3+ years.

Books purchased through CHES directors in the Vancouver (lower mainland) provide a higher return to CHES, however, purchases through wishingbead.com, Amazon, Chapters or Barnes and Noble websites are of great benefit to CHES and make wonderful children’s gifts.

Each $15.00.
A genuine Kazuri bead attached to a lovely bookmark can be purchased for $5.00 to accompany the book.

White Necklace

Chris Harker and his wife Catriona are CHES Directors. Chris donates ALL the proceeds of his book, White Necklace, to CHES. White Necklace captures many of the special moments he and Catriona have experienced during their many visits to Katesh, Tanzania since 2001. Some are joyous, others amusing and a few are tragic, but together they offer a glimpse of what life is like for young people in small-town Tanzania today. Full of interesting Tanzanian information, fun, and a very nice fundraiser for CHES.